January 2013

Most of the things that are meant to make South Africans feel safer – electrified fences, barbed wire and armed guards, to name a few – have made me feel even more sketched out during my time in Cape Town thus far.

Although Bo Kaap is not, as I briefly assumed, the Cape Town neighborhood featured in a recent music video by Beyoncé’s less-famous sister, it is nonetheless the most interesting Cape Town neighborhood I have explored thus far.

If you’re traveling in Cape Town and want to see a lot of the city in one day, get a great workout and have a travel story that will make you sound like a total badass, follow in my demented footsteps.